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Examines the historical, structural, cultural, and political tensions that exist within the British criminal process and the ways in which routine injustices and wrongful convictions are produced. Belloni and Hodgson (political science, Virginia Commonwealth U., UK and criminal justice, U. of Warwick, UK, respectively) argue that reforms such as the curtailment of the right to silence and guilty plea sentence discounts reflect a shift from due process rhetoric to an overriding concern with the efficient use of resources in ways which benefit the system rather than protect the accused.
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